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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1783
Mr. Samuel Holten, a delegate for the State of Massachusetts, attended and produced his credentials, by which it appears that on the 4 of October, 1782, he was appointed a delegate to represent that Commonwealth until the 5 day of November, 1783.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By His Excellency John Hancock Esqr. Governor and Commander [Seal] in Chief in and over the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To all unto whom these Presents shall come...Greeting
Whereas the General Court of this Commonwealth did on the twenty fourth day of October 1782 agreeable to the Constitution of said Commonwealth appoint the Honble Samuel Holten Esqr. a Delegate to represent this Commonwealth in the General Congress of the United States of America
Now therefore Know Ye That I do by these Presents, and in pursuance of the said Appointment Commission the said Samuel Holten Esqr. to represent this Commonwealth in Congress and Vest him with all and Singular the Powers and Authorities to the said Office or Place of Delegate belonging by Virtue of the Constitution of this Commonwealth and the Appointment aforesaid And to hold said Office until the fifth day of November 1783 And the said Samuel Holten Esqr. is hereby required to observe the Instructions which from time to time shall be given to him by the General Court of this Commonwealth.
In Testimony whereof I have caused the Public Seal of this Commonwealth aforesaid to be hereto affixed
Witness John Hancock Esqr. Governor and Commander in Chief of the said Commonwealth
Dated at Boston the Twentieth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty two--And in the Seventh Year of the Independence of the United States of America
John Hancock
By His Excellency's Command
John Avery Secy
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Council Chamber Boston
Novr. 22d. 1782
These Certify That the Honble Samuel Holten Esqr. was Elected the 24th. of October last, a Delegate to represent this Commonwealth in Congress by joint Ballot of the Senate & House of Representatives agreeable to the Constitution to serve for one Year to commence the first Monday of November inst.
John Avery Secy1
[Note 1: 1 The originals are in the Papers of the Continental Congress, Massachusetts, Credentials of Delegates. They were entered in No. 179, Record of Credentials, and not in the Journal.]
Congress was resolved into a committee of the whole, and after some time the President resumed the chair, and Mr. [Daniel] Carroll reported, that the committee had considered farther the subjects referred to them, and desire leave to sit again:
Ordered, That leave be granted.
The Committee of the Week [Mr. Arthur Lee, Mr. Samuel Wharton and Mr. John Collins] report that the petition of Thos. Wiggans praying for support from Congress, and offering his services to the United States on any expedition or at any post on the frontiers, should lie on the table.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Arthur Lee, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 445. By the indorsement it was dated this day. The memorial of Thomas Wigtans is in No. 41, X, folio 597; and the indorsement shows that it was read on this day, and referred to Mr. [Alexander] Hamilton, Mr. [Richard] Peters and Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, who made a report on March 18.
On this or an approximate day was read a letter of January 9 from Thomas Chittenden. It was referred to Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, Mr. [Nathaniel] Gorham, Mr. [Arthur] Lee, Mr. [John Taylor] Gilman and Mr. [Oliver] Wolcott. It is in No. 40, II, folio 351--361. According to Committee Book, No. 186, the committee reported on this letter May 26 and at the same time on one of February 11 from General Washington with his correspondence with Thomas Chittenden; one of February 25 from Governor Clinton to the delegates of New York; and one of March 18 from Thomas Chittenden. The committee had been changed, April 28, by Phillips White and John Francis Mercer taking the places of Gilman and Wolcott. See post May 26.
On this or an approximate day, according to the indorsement and the entry in Committee Book No. 186, was presented a memorial of John Ross relative to the settlement of his accounts, dated Philadelphia, February 3, and referred to Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, Mr. [John Lewis] Gervais and Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, who reported May 2. Ross's letter transmitting the memorial is in No. 41, VIII, folio 322.
Also, on this day was read a letter of February 2 from the Governor of New Jersey, stating that he has detained two British subjects at Trenton. It is in No. 68, folio 603.]
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